I admit that I made a slight mistake in yesterday’s post about Snarlin’ Arlen and his attack on judicial independence- I asserted, without clarifiying, that there was nothing “a Senator can do to a Supreme Court Justice save for pushing for impeachment.” Some very intelligent people have been arguing that Congress can reign in these [...]

As I was doing research for a post about the latest Court-packing plan (suggestion?) and I stumbled across a rather interesting set of events. Here are the facts that I know: In March of 1937, the Democratic President Andrew Jackson was wrapping up his wildly divisive, eight-year Presidency. His hand picked successor, Martin Van Buren, [...]

Apparently, the United States and India just recently (as in, circa last Friday) agreed on their nuclear energy cooperation deal. This deal has been in the works for at least a year now, and all of the pros and cons have been repeatedly beaten into everyone’s heads. Supporters say the nuclear deal will strengthen non-proliferation [...]